IDENTITY
法fǎlaw; method
HSK 2Top 100
CORE MEANING
law; method
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.method; wayHSK2
- 2.lawHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 氵water radical (shuǐ)
- strokes
- 8
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰氵去
- water (the standard of level)
- gives the sound fǎ
USAGE
Common words
方法fāngfǎmethod
办法bànfǎway; solution
法律fǎlǜlaw
Graded examples
你有什么好办法？Nǐ yǒu shénme hǎo bànfǎ?HSK3
Do you have a good solution?
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
Water (氵) that always goes (去) level — the standard, the law. (From 灋.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #100
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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